Motivational factors in
learning.
Theri Oscarmon M. Dela Cruz
A. DEFINING MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATIONAL PROBLEMS IN
LEARNING.
B. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION.
C. SELF-COMPETENCE BELIEFS, SELF-EFFICACY, SELF-
EXPECTATION, ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT AND OUTCOME
EXPECTANCY BELIEFS.
D. GOAL THEORIES IN LEARNING.
E. SELF-REGULATION, COORDINATING COGNITION AND
MOTIVATION IN LEARNING.
F. CLASSROOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SHAPING
MOTIVATION.
G. TEACHERS STRATEGIES FOR FACILITATING POSITIVE
MOTIVATIONALPROCESSES IN LEARNING (Lesson Planning,
Designing Learning and Assessment Activities)
SELF-REGULATION,
COORDINATING
COGNITION AND
MOTIVATION IN LEARNING
Self-regulation - refers to a
person's ability to master
himself.
Indicators of Self-regulation:
*Set standards for one self.
*Monitor and evaluate one's
own behavior.
*Impose consequences on
oneself for one's successes
or failures.
HOW DOES SELF-
REGULATION RELATE TO
MOTIVATION?
*A student who is capable of self-
regulation is more likely to be more
intrinsically motivated because he
sets his goals and standards, he
monitors his progress, and
evaluates his own performance.
*A student who is capable of self-
regulation, is not only capable of
regulating his behavior, he is also
capable of his own learning.
PROCESSESS INVOLVING
SELF-REGULATION
GOAL SETTING
Self-regulated learners know
what they want to accomplish
when they read or study.
PLANNING
Self-regulated learners
determine ahead of time how
best to use the time they
have available for learning.
ATTENTION CONTROL
Self-regulated learners try to focus their
attention on the subject matter at hand
and clear their minds potentially
distracting thoughts and emotions.
APPLICATION OF
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Self-regulated learners
choose different learning
strategies depending on the
specific goal they hope to
accomplish.
SELF-MONITORING
Self-regulated learners
continually monitor their
progress toward their goals
and they change their
strategies or modify their
goals, if necessary.
SELF-EVALUATION
Self-regulated learners
determine whether what they
have learned is sufficient for
the goals they have set.
From the perspective of
social cognitive theorists, self
regulation entails at least four
processes (Bandura, 1986;
Schunk, 1989; Schunk &
Zimmerman, 1996)
1. STANDARDS AND GOALS As mature human
beings we tend to set standards for our own
behavior.
2. SELF- OBSERVATION An important part of
self- regulation is to observe oneself in action.
3. SELF-JUDGMENT People's behavior are
frequently judged by others.
4. SELF-REACTION As people become
increasingly self- regulating, they begin to
reinforce themselves.
THE COGNITIVE SIDE
OF SELF- REGULATION
Cognition - is the process of learning in the
broadest sense that includes perception, memory,
judgment, and thinking. It is both a mental activity
and behavior that provides an understanding of
the world arising from biological, experiential,
motivational and social influences.
Cognitive(knowledge) - concerned with act or
process of knowing or perceiving. (psychological
process) SELF-REGULATION (according to
Winnie, 1995) -involves cognitive processes as
well as behavior.
CLASSROOM AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS SHAPING
MOTIVATION
(Ten Ways to Motivate Students)
1. Publish Student Work Seeing one’s work in print or
posted on the Internet as part of a classroom website
can be truly motivating. This will allow students to have a
goal to work towards and they can see and share the
results of their hard work with others.
2. Use Supporting Material and Props Bringing
manipulative and props into the class can be truly
motivating. Some history teachers have been known to
dress up as characters from history like Abraham Lincoln
or Theodore Roosevelt which is always fun for students
and teacher alike. However, even just bringing in items
like foreign money that can be passed around or posting
pictures around the classroom about the topic at hand
can be interest building for students.
3. Provide Specific Rewards Students Can Work Towards Come
up with one or more rewards that students can work towards.
Maybe you agree to allow them 10 minutes of free time on Fridays
or you will provide them with popcorn during the next lesson
specific movie. Whatever it is, come up with what the students
need to do to achieve the goal and stick to your plan.
4. Provide Choices for Students Whenever possible, allow
students to have some choice in what they are learning. For
example, if you are having the students write an essay, you might
give them a couple of broader topics to choose from so that they
can pick something they are more interested in. Another area of
choice can come in the method of presentation for projects. The
students may choose to create a website, a PowerPoint, or a
song. The ability to demonstrate learning through choice and a
variety of methods can be very motivating for students.
5. Have Students Work Towards Individual Goals Have
students come up with one or more specific goals of
what they want to achieve in your class. You can attach
a grade to these goals in terms of how much effort they
put into achieving the goals.
6. Give Students a Role Allow students to be as involved
in possible in your classroom environment. Try to fit in
debates and simulations to give them the opportunity to
participate in a more direct manner.
7. Connect Learning to the Real World As often as you
can, connect what students are learning to the world
around them. By connecting the classroom lesson to the
students’ personal lives we can provide them with
greater incentives and buy-in on what you are teaching.
8. Mix It Up Too much of anything can quickly lead to
boredom, including lectures, whole group discussions,
small group work, debates, and cooperative learning
activities. Therefore, make sure to vary your lessons
accordingly. Similarly, vary homework assignments so
that students are not always doing the same thing every
night.
9. Get Students Involved in Contests Find contests, publishing
events, scholarships, and events that students can participate in
and work towards outside of the classroom. Maybe you have all
your students send a submission for a story to a local magazine.
Maybe you have students write an essay for a college scholarship
competition. By connecting what you are teaching in the
classroom to something that carries real world rewards, you can
help increase student involvement.
10. Bring Service Into the Classroom Most students have an
innate desire to work towards a goal greater than themselves. For
some this might be that they want to help preserve the
environment. Others might want to help the poor or focus on
individuals hit hard by natural disasters. If you can tap into this
while connecting the actions to lessons in the classroom, you can
build on these natural altruistic desires.
Classroom Factors That
Affect Motivation
Teacher Attitude Teacher attitude makes a difference in
motivating students. Students quickly sense when a
teacher is disconnected with what she's teaching or
when she really doesn't care for or isn't connected with
the students, not just as a class, but as individuals. An
attitude of criticism or favoritism disrupts good order in
the classroom and motivates students to act out in a
negative fashion because the students do not believe
the teacher cares, or believe nothing they do will be
good enough.
Home Situation Home situations affect student
motivation in the classroom. If students come from
homes where they are loved and encouraged, the
students will approach classroom work with eagerness
and with a willingness to learn. If the students do not
have a positive home environment or if the home
situation doesn't provide appropriate levels of nutrition
and/or sleep, students attend school with a
disadvantage and a lack of motivation because of
physical or emotional problems.
Teaching Approach Lectures and a recitation of dry facts
and figures tend to motivate students not to pay
attention and to “tune out” a teacher they believe is
boring. However, when the students become part of the
learning process, learning can become more enjoyable
and adaptable to those with different learning styles.
Students can be motivated when teachers help them
“see” what they're learning in a different context. If
teaching about a historical figure or event, read stories
about the time period. As long as the historical
background is accurate, fiction stories draw students into
the historical setting and make the era come alive. When
students connect better with what they're learning, they
can become more motivated.
Interactive Activities Using interactive activities such as
having students act out skits or plays on the topic--or
writing scripts to act out can be motivating factors for
positive classroom participation. Also, the use of
puzzles, games, special speakers and bulletin-board
displays are factors that can affect classroom motivation.
Encouraging students to set goals in the classroom can
also provide motivation.
Environmental Factors
Affecting Motivation
Human Environmental Factors Affecting
Motivation If environment is defined as the sum
total of one's surrounding then environmental
factors that affect student's motivation include
human as well as non-human factors.
Teacher's Affective Traits A teacher's positive
affective traits such as caring, understanding,
genuine respect, enthusiasm, and
professionalism, the student's sense of belonging
to a learning community; and parent's supportive
behavior definitely create a learning environment
that is facilitative of learning. The contrast of
these produces a counterproductive learning
environment.
Affective characteristics of
effective teachers:
CARING
FAIRNESS & RESPECT
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS w/ STUDENTS
ENTHUSIASM & MOTIVATION IN LEARNING
ATTITUDE TOWARD TEACHING PROFESSION
REFLECTIVE PRACTICES
Bullying and the Need to Belong Students form
part of the human environment of the learner. In
fact, they far outnumber the teachers in the
learning environment.
Parents as Part of the Learner's Human Learning
Environment.
Parents who are supportive
of their children's learning
are observed to do the
following:
Supervise their children in their homework/project
Check their children's notebooks
Review their children's corrected seat works and test papers
Attend conferences for Parents, Teacher's Community Association (PTCA)
Are willing to spend on children's project and involvement in school activities
Participate actively in school-community projects
Confer with children's teachers when necessary
Are aware of their children's activities in school
Meet the friends of their children
Invite their children's friends at home
Teacher Strategies For Facilitating Positive
Motivational Processes In Learning (Lesson
Planning, Designing Learning and
Assessment Activities.
LESSON PLAN It is the teacher's road map of what
student's need to learn and how it will be done
effectively during the class time. Before you plan your
lesson, you will first need to identify the learning
objectives for the class meeting. Then, you can design
appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to
obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson
plan addresses and integrates three key components.
THREE COMPONENTS
1.Objectives for student learning
2.Teaching/learning activities
3.Strategies to check student's understanding
1.The lesson plan is an aid to teaching. It should
not be a bible to be followed to the letter.
2. A lesson plan should not be too detailed.
Numerous details may obscure the main points
and cause confusion.
3. Lessons should be planned within the time allotment for the
subject. Beginning teachers sometimes cover too much ground
resulting in teaching becoming superficial and the class does not
learn much.
4. The textbook should not be regarded as infallible. After all,
textbooks are made by human beings who are also subject to
mistakes.
5. The lesson plan may serve as a basis for future plans and a
means of evaluating the success of learning. -A lazy teacher who
teaches the same subject year after year may continue using the
same plan
LEARNING DESIGN:
Professional learning that increases educator
effectiveness and results for all students
integrates theories, research, and models of
human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.
FACTORS INFLUENCE
DECISION ABOUT
LEARNING DESIGNS
•Goals of learning
•Characteristics of the learners
•Their comfort with learning process and one another
•Their familiarity with the content
•Educator's work environment
•Resources available to support learning
•Apply learning theories, research and models.
ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES OR TASK
Assessment activities or task can provide more useful information
for the purpose of making judgment at key points (including
assigning grade for the record of school achievement) if they
provide assessment information across a range of syllabus
outcomes within the one activity or task.

Motivational factors-in-learning

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    A. DEFINING MOTIVATIONAND MOTIVATIONAL PROBLEMS IN LEARNING. B. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION. C. SELF-COMPETENCE BELIEFS, SELF-EFFICACY, SELF- EXPECTATION, ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT AND OUTCOME EXPECTANCY BELIEFS. D. GOAL THEORIES IN LEARNING. E. SELF-REGULATION, COORDINATING COGNITION AND MOTIVATION IN LEARNING. F. CLASSROOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SHAPING MOTIVATION. G. TEACHERS STRATEGIES FOR FACILITATING POSITIVE MOTIVATIONALPROCESSES IN LEARNING (Lesson Planning, Designing Learning and Assessment Activities)
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    Self-regulation - refersto a person's ability to master himself.
  • 5.
    Indicators of Self-regulation: *Setstandards for one self. *Monitor and evaluate one's own behavior. *Impose consequences on oneself for one's successes or failures.
  • 6.
    HOW DOES SELF- REGULATIONRELATE TO MOTIVATION?
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    *A student whois capable of self- regulation is more likely to be more intrinsically motivated because he sets his goals and standards, he monitors his progress, and evaluates his own performance. *A student who is capable of self- regulation, is not only capable of regulating his behavior, he is also capable of his own learning.
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    GOAL SETTING Self-regulated learnersknow what they want to accomplish when they read or study.
  • 10.
    PLANNING Self-regulated learners determine aheadof time how best to use the time they have available for learning.
  • 11.
    ATTENTION CONTROL Self-regulated learnerstry to focus their attention on the subject matter at hand and clear their minds potentially distracting thoughts and emotions.
  • 12.
    APPLICATION OF LEARNING STRATEGIES Self-regulatedlearners choose different learning strategies depending on the specific goal they hope to accomplish.
  • 13.
    SELF-MONITORING Self-regulated learners continually monitortheir progress toward their goals and they change their strategies or modify their goals, if necessary.
  • 14.
    SELF-EVALUATION Self-regulated learners determine whetherwhat they have learned is sufficient for the goals they have set.
  • 15.
    From the perspectiveof social cognitive theorists, self regulation entails at least four processes (Bandura, 1986; Schunk, 1989; Schunk & Zimmerman, 1996)
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    1. STANDARDS ANDGOALS As mature human beings we tend to set standards for our own behavior. 2. SELF- OBSERVATION An important part of self- regulation is to observe oneself in action. 3. SELF-JUDGMENT People's behavior are frequently judged by others. 4. SELF-REACTION As people become increasingly self- regulating, they begin to reinforce themselves.
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    THE COGNITIVE SIDE OFSELF- REGULATION
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    Cognition - isthe process of learning in the broadest sense that includes perception, memory, judgment, and thinking. It is both a mental activity and behavior that provides an understanding of the world arising from biological, experiential, motivational and social influences. Cognitive(knowledge) - concerned with act or process of knowing or perceiving. (psychological process) SELF-REGULATION (according to Winnie, 1995) -involves cognitive processes as well as behavior.
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    1. Publish StudentWork Seeing one’s work in print or posted on the Internet as part of a classroom website can be truly motivating. This will allow students to have a goal to work towards and they can see and share the results of their hard work with others. 2. Use Supporting Material and Props Bringing manipulative and props into the class can be truly motivating. Some history teachers have been known to dress up as characters from history like Abraham Lincoln or Theodore Roosevelt which is always fun for students and teacher alike. However, even just bringing in items like foreign money that can be passed around or posting pictures around the classroom about the topic at hand can be interest building for students.
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    3. Provide SpecificRewards Students Can Work Towards Come up with one or more rewards that students can work towards. Maybe you agree to allow them 10 minutes of free time on Fridays or you will provide them with popcorn during the next lesson specific movie. Whatever it is, come up with what the students need to do to achieve the goal and stick to your plan. 4. Provide Choices for Students Whenever possible, allow students to have some choice in what they are learning. For example, if you are having the students write an essay, you might give them a couple of broader topics to choose from so that they can pick something they are more interested in. Another area of choice can come in the method of presentation for projects. The students may choose to create a website, a PowerPoint, or a song. The ability to demonstrate learning through choice and a variety of methods can be very motivating for students.
  • 22.
    5. Have StudentsWork Towards Individual Goals Have students come up with one or more specific goals of what they want to achieve in your class. You can attach a grade to these goals in terms of how much effort they put into achieving the goals. 6. Give Students a Role Allow students to be as involved in possible in your classroom environment. Try to fit in debates and simulations to give them the opportunity to participate in a more direct manner.
  • 23.
    7. Connect Learningto the Real World As often as you can, connect what students are learning to the world around them. By connecting the classroom lesson to the students’ personal lives we can provide them with greater incentives and buy-in on what you are teaching. 8. Mix It Up Too much of anything can quickly lead to boredom, including lectures, whole group discussions, small group work, debates, and cooperative learning activities. Therefore, make sure to vary your lessons accordingly. Similarly, vary homework assignments so that students are not always doing the same thing every night.
  • 24.
    9. Get StudentsInvolved in Contests Find contests, publishing events, scholarships, and events that students can participate in and work towards outside of the classroom. Maybe you have all your students send a submission for a story to a local magazine. Maybe you have students write an essay for a college scholarship competition. By connecting what you are teaching in the classroom to something that carries real world rewards, you can help increase student involvement. 10. Bring Service Into the Classroom Most students have an innate desire to work towards a goal greater than themselves. For some this might be that they want to help preserve the environment. Others might want to help the poor or focus on individuals hit hard by natural disasters. If you can tap into this while connecting the actions to lessons in the classroom, you can build on these natural altruistic desires.
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    Teacher Attitude Teacherattitude makes a difference in motivating students. Students quickly sense when a teacher is disconnected with what she's teaching or when she really doesn't care for or isn't connected with the students, not just as a class, but as individuals. An attitude of criticism or favoritism disrupts good order in the classroom and motivates students to act out in a negative fashion because the students do not believe the teacher cares, or believe nothing they do will be good enough.
  • 27.
    Home Situation Homesituations affect student motivation in the classroom. If students come from homes where they are loved and encouraged, the students will approach classroom work with eagerness and with a willingness to learn. If the students do not have a positive home environment or if the home situation doesn't provide appropriate levels of nutrition and/or sleep, students attend school with a disadvantage and a lack of motivation because of physical or emotional problems.
  • 28.
    Teaching Approach Lecturesand a recitation of dry facts and figures tend to motivate students not to pay attention and to “tune out” a teacher they believe is boring. However, when the students become part of the learning process, learning can become more enjoyable and adaptable to those with different learning styles. Students can be motivated when teachers help them “see” what they're learning in a different context. If teaching about a historical figure or event, read stories about the time period. As long as the historical background is accurate, fiction stories draw students into the historical setting and make the era come alive. When students connect better with what they're learning, they can become more motivated.
  • 29.
    Interactive Activities Usinginteractive activities such as having students act out skits or plays on the topic--or writing scripts to act out can be motivating factors for positive classroom participation. Also, the use of puzzles, games, special speakers and bulletin-board displays are factors that can affect classroom motivation. Encouraging students to set goals in the classroom can also provide motivation.
  • 30.
  • 31.
    Human Environmental FactorsAffecting Motivation If environment is defined as the sum total of one's surrounding then environmental factors that affect student's motivation include human as well as non-human factors.
  • 32.
    Teacher's Affective TraitsA teacher's positive affective traits such as caring, understanding, genuine respect, enthusiasm, and professionalism, the student's sense of belonging to a learning community; and parent's supportive behavior definitely create a learning environment that is facilitative of learning. The contrast of these produces a counterproductive learning environment.
  • 33.
    Affective characteristics of effectiveteachers: CARING FAIRNESS & RESPECT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS w/ STUDENTS ENTHUSIASM & MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ATTITUDE TOWARD TEACHING PROFESSION REFLECTIVE PRACTICES
  • 34.
    Bullying and theNeed to Belong Students form part of the human environment of the learner. In fact, they far outnumber the teachers in the learning environment.
  • 35.
    Parents as Partof the Learner's Human Learning Environment.
  • 36.
    Parents who aresupportive of their children's learning are observed to do the following: Supervise their children in their homework/project Check their children's notebooks Review their children's corrected seat works and test papers Attend conferences for Parents, Teacher's Community Association (PTCA) Are willing to spend on children's project and involvement in school activities Participate actively in school-community projects Confer with children's teachers when necessary Are aware of their children's activities in school Meet the friends of their children Invite their children's friends at home
  • 37.
    Teacher Strategies ForFacilitating Positive Motivational Processes In Learning (Lesson Planning, Designing Learning and Assessment Activities.
  • 38.
    LESSON PLAN Itis the teacher's road map of what student's need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Before you plan your lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class meeting. Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson plan addresses and integrates three key components.
  • 39.
    THREE COMPONENTS 1.Objectives forstudent learning 2.Teaching/learning activities 3.Strategies to check student's understanding
  • 40.
    1.The lesson planis an aid to teaching. It should not be a bible to be followed to the letter. 2. A lesson plan should not be too detailed. Numerous details may obscure the main points and cause confusion.
  • 41.
    3. Lessons shouldbe planned within the time allotment for the subject. Beginning teachers sometimes cover too much ground resulting in teaching becoming superficial and the class does not learn much. 4. The textbook should not be regarded as infallible. After all, textbooks are made by human beings who are also subject to mistakes. 5. The lesson plan may serve as a basis for future plans and a means of evaluating the success of learning. -A lazy teacher who teaches the same subject year after year may continue using the same plan
  • 42.
    LEARNING DESIGN: Professional learningthat increases educator effectiveness and results for all students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.
  • 43.
    FACTORS INFLUENCE DECISION ABOUT LEARNINGDESIGNS •Goals of learning •Characteristics of the learners •Their comfort with learning process and one another •Their familiarity with the content •Educator's work environment •Resources available to support learning •Apply learning theories, research and models.
  • 44.
    ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES OR TASK Assessmentactivities or task can provide more useful information for the purpose of making judgment at key points (including assigning grade for the record of school achievement) if they provide assessment information across a range of syllabus outcomes within the one activity or task.